England and the Orient; or, Scenes, incidents, and work during an evangelistic tour round the world for the promotion of Christian holiness

Front matter

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

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SCENES, INCIDENTS, AND WORK,

Chapter I. From America To England

Embarkation 15

First Sunday on the Deep . . . . . . . . 16

Life on the Ocean 16

The GuK Stream 17

Sunset on the Sea 18

Icebergs , . . . 19

Sea-sickness 20

Fellow-Passengers 21

Second Sunday at Sea 23

Fourth of July Celebration 24

A Mock Trial and its Consequences 25

The Coast of Ireland = 26

The Irish Sea .... 27

On Land again 28

Chapter II. One Hundred Days In England

From Liverpool to London 29

An English Tea-Meeting 30

Surrey Chapel 32

St. Paul's Cathedral . 33

Westminster Abbey , . . . 34

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City-Road Chapel 37

Bunhill Fields 39

Progress of the Meeting- at Surrey Chapel 40

Second Sunday in London 41

Cleopatra's Needle 42

Houses of Parliament 43

Buckingham Palace 44

Hyde Park and Albert Memorial 44

Tower of London 45

Last Sunday at Surrey Chapel ....... 49

Madame Tussaud's Historical Gallery 50

Last Service in London 51

Farewell to London . 52

Matlock Bank, Derbyshire ........ 53

Malton 54

First Sunday in Malton 55

Progress of the Work in Malton . 56

Castle Howard 58

Closing Service in Malton . 62

Leeds 63

First Sunday in Leeds . .64

Kirkstall Abbey 64

Closing Services at Belle Vue Chapel ..... 65

St. Peter's Wesleyan Chapel 66

Progress of the Work in Leeds 67

A Visit to York . . . . . . . . . . 68

Closing Services in Leeds 72

The Poor of England and the Salvation Army .... 73

HuU 75

An English Cemetery . . . . . . . . . 75

First Week in Hull 76

The Botanical Gardens " . . 77

Close of the Meeting in Hull 77

Middlesbrough 80

Southport 83

CONTENTS. V

Liverpool 84

Meetings at Everton Chapel 85

Last Day in England . . . . . ... . . 86

Chapter III. Four Weeks Ox The Sea

Ashore and Afloat . . . ... . . . 89

Passengers on the Hispania 89

A Storm in the Bay of Biscay ....... 91

The Coast of Portugal 93

Gibraltar 94

The Coasts of Spain and Morocco . . . . . .98

Algeria, and Bay of Tunis 98

Malta and Gozo 100

Adria and Crete 101

Port Said, Egypt 102

Suez Canal 105

Desert of Shur . .107

From Lake Timseh to Suez 108

Crossing the Red Sea . 110

Gulf of Suez and Mount Sinai Ill

A Seance on the Sea . . . Ill

The Red Sea • . . 113

Flying Fish . . . . 114

A Night of Danger 114

Jubal Zoocre and Mocha . . . . . . . . 115

The Strait of Bab-el -Mandeb 116

Aden 117

Samaulian Negroes .118

The Indian Ocean 119

The Arabian Sea . 120

Harbor of Bombay . . . 121

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Chapter IV. Three Months In India

Methodist Coffee Rooms 123

The Streets of Bombay . 124

Scenes from my Window 126

Crawford Market 128

Grant-Road Methodist Episcopal Church . . . . . 129

Malabar Hill 130

The Parsees and the Tower of Silence 131

Home of Major Oldham 133

First Sunday in India 134

From Bombay to Poona . 134

Poona : First Tabernacle Services 137

Temple of Parbutti 138

Thanksgiving in India 141

Free Church of Scotland Orphanage 142

An Abundance of Rain .... ... 143

Elephant and Camel Riding 144

Sunday Tabernacle Services 145

Native Sunday Schools 146

Mrs. Sorabji's School .147

Meeting in the Native City 148

Homes of Wealthy Natives 149

Conclusion of the Poona Meeting 151

Return to Bombay 152

Raising the Tabernacle and Opening Service .... 153

Sabbath Tabernacle Services . . . .... 155

Nocturnal Visitors 156

Mohammedan Zenanas 157

Bishop Merrill at the Tabernacle 159

A Sunday among Soldiers . 160

Mohammedan Mohurrum 162

South India Conference . 164

Closing Tabernacle Services 166

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Children's Meetings in Bombay 167

An Indian Conference Love Feast 169

Banyan-Trees and Hindoo Burning Ground .... 170

Housekeeping in the Cars » . , 172

Pleasui-es of Travel in India 174

Allahabad 175

Christmas in India 176

Akbar's Fort . . . . 177.

Subterranean Temple and Bleeding Tree , . . . . 178

Fakirs along the Ganges ........ 179

Baptist and Union Zenana Missions . = .... 181

The Meeting in Allahabad . . 183

The Famine District 185

The Valley of the Ganges . . ... . . .186

Bareilly Girls' Orphanage 187

North India Conference ........ 188

Dispensary and Hospital of the W. F. M. S .189

Inside the Orphanage 191

Sunday at Bareilly 192

"Woman's Missionary Society of the North India Conference . 193

Missionary Home Life 195

Religious Services at Bareilly ....;.. 196

Lucknow 197

The Residency and the Sepoy Mutiny . . . . . 198

Palaces and Mosques of Lucknow 200

Monkey Temple 203.

A Division of Labor . 203

Caste in India 205

The Meeting at Lucknow 206

Cawnpore Mission 207

Cawnpore . 208,

The Massacre . . . . 209

The Memorial Garden 210

Cawnpore Girls' School 212

The Meeting at Cawnpore . . « . . . . . 213

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Hindoo Mala at Allahabad , . , . 213

Jubbulpore 217

Return to Bombay » . . . 220

Last Sunday in India 221

Bombay Missionary Conference 221

Closing Services in India . . . . « . . . 222

Homeward Bound . . o , 223

Man Overboard , . . . 224

Life on the Britannia ......... 226

Five Days in Suez Canal « . 227

Five Days at Port Said . . „ 228

Chapter V. Visit To Palestine

Jaffa, or Joppa

The Plains of Sharon .

From Latroon to Jerusalem

Inside View of Jerusalem .

The Church of the Holy Sepulch

The Royal Quarries

The Temple Area

The Wilderness of Judea .

The Dead Sea

The River Jordan

Jericho

Bethany ....

The Mount of Olives .

The Garden of Gethsemane .

The Tomb of the Kings A Walk about Jerusalem A Sunday on Mount Zion The Jews' Wailing Place

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Bethlehem 266

The Church of the Nativity ........ 268

Farewell to Palestine .269

Chapter VI. Across The Continent

An Egyptian Lazaretto . . 270

Sicily and Italy 273

Naples 274

Sunday in Naples . . 275

Pompeii 276

Rome 278

St. Peter's Church 279

The Vatican . . . . 281

Remains of Ancient Rome 282

Appian Way and Catacombs 284

St. Paul's outside the Walls . 285

St. John Lateran and Pilate's Staircase . . . . . 286

Our Meetings in Rome 287

From Rome to Paris 287

Paris 289

Chapter VII. Return To England

Crossing the Channel 292

Stepney Green Tabernacle, London 293

Leeds 294

Leicester 294

Sheffield • 295

Grimsby 296

St. Helen's 297

Farewell Meeting 298

Homeward Voyage 300

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Chapter VIII. Around The World

Calcutta .303

Voyage to Ceylon 306

Ceylon 307

Voyage to Australia 309

Australia , 310

Melbourne 310

Ballarat 312

Geeiong .313

Sidney .314

The Pacific Ocean 317

San Francisco . 318

At Home once more . . . ■ , . . . . , 318

STEEL ENGRAVINGS.

Rev. J. S. Inskip . . . . . . . . Frontispiece.

Rev. AVilliam McDonald ...... To face page 29

INTRODUCTIO]vr.

A FOREIGN" evangelistic tour to promote the experience of Christian holiness, had been for some years in the mind of several ministers of the Methodist Episcopal Clmrch, members of the ]^ational Association for the Promotion of Holiness. The desire frequently expressed by a number of devoted members of the Wesleymi and Primitive Societies of England, that the interest in holiness which has become so widespread in America during the past twenty years, might become more general in Great Britain, finally ripened into urgent invitations for some who had been successful in leading the peo^Dle into the experience of holiness to come over and helj^ them.

These invitations from England became known to Rev. Win. B. Osborn, presiding elder of the Madras District South India Conference, and awakened a strong desire that the evangelistic tour should extend as far as British India. Across the wide expanse of waters came invitations from both the North and South India Conferences to visit India in the interest of the "Central idea of Methodism." Requests for

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services were also received from Rome and other points.

Thus gradually expanded the idea of a " round the world tour " for the promotion of Bible holiness. Some whose writings on this subject had made their names familiar to foreign Methodism and to the church in general, received these invitations as a call from God. Before any plans had been definitely formed, Mrs. G. I. Richardson, of Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md., offered a valuable jewel — a ruby set in diamonds — toward defraying the expenses of the tour. This fact was stated in the "Christian Standard," a weekly paper devoted to the cause of holiness, and awakened a responsive chord in the hearts of many of its readers.

A subscription was opened, and hundreds of purehearted Christians contributed. Those most deeply interested in foreign missions felt that they could give something without diminishing their regular contributions to the foreign missionary societies ; and in so doing they would encourage the hearts of the missionaries in their distant fields, and assist in bringing our mission churches into closer fellowship with those at home.

Those belonging to the Methodist Church believed that in sending forth this little company of evangelists they were carrying out the motto of the men who founded their societies in England and America, " Our field is the world," and the people called Methodists were raised up by God to spread scriptural holiness over all lands.

The month of June, 1880, was decided upon as the time for starting. The company comprised Rev. J. S.

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Inskip, president of the National Association and editor of the "Christian Standard," Rev. Wm. McDonald, editor of the "Advocate of Holiness^" and author of " New Testament Standard of Piety " and " Scriptural Views of Holiness," and Rev. J. A. Wood, author of "Perfect Love" and "Purity and Maturity." These ministers were accompanied by their wives and by W. A. A. Gardner, a young man who went out with a view to self-supporting missionary labor in India.

All the company were members of the Methodist Episcopal Church in regular standing. They did not go to promote any new doctrine, nor to break down denomijiational lines, but taught Christian holiness according to the standards of Methodism, and sought to lead the church to a higher and deeper religious experience, and to more thorough aggressive labor for the conversion of sinners.

The doctrine, as taught by them, is : That sanctification is that act of divine grace whereby the believer is made holy; it is received by faith, the same as regeneration, is subsequent to conversion, and is the privilege and duty of every Christian ; that it is preceded by entire consecration, attested by the divine Spirit, and attended by a godly life.

Passage was engaged on the steamship Erin, of the National Line, which sailed from New York for Liverpool June 26, 1880. A farewell meeting was arranged for Tuesday evening, June 22, at^ M-adis on- Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City. The Round Lake National Camp-meeting had just closed, and many friends of holiness from various sections of the country, of different denominations, were present. The movement was too independent to be claimed by

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any association, and too world-wide to belong exclusively to one denomination.

The company Avere entertained in New York at the hospitable home of Hon. Chauncey Shaffer, during the days that intervened between Tuesday and Saturday, while completing arrangements for their long absence.

A daily record was kept by one of the party for future reference, and not designed for publication ; but, since our return, many friends in England and in this country have expressed the desire that it be made public. Though sight-seeing did not enter even remotely into the object of the tour, it Avas imjoossible to go so far and visit so many places without seeing much that would be of interest to the generak reader, and esj^ecially so to the friends of holiness who gave their money toward the exjoenses and sustained the mission by their prayers.

This diar}', in its present form, is given with the hope that it may stimulate to Christian activity, strengthen faith in the Providence of God, and in his power to save from all sin, and that it may deepen the interest in mission work in foreign lands.

MATTIE SISSON WOOD.

ENGLAND AND THE ORIENT.